Two Cases of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by Atypical Mycobacteria
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0037-1033,1349-4333
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.61.669